Toy vehicle



Aug. 30,1932. R B BUKOLT 1,874,436

TOY VEHICLE Original Filed Oct. 19. 1928 Patented ug. 30, 1932 UNETED ST ROMAN B. Burrow, or srnvnNsromn/wrsoolvsrn A TOY VEHICLE y@riginal application filed October 19, 1928, Serial No. 313,414; Divided and this application filed OctoberV 19, 1923. Serial No. 400,810.

This invention relates to improvements in toy vehicles. This application is a division of application,-Serial No. 313,414, filed Gotober 19, 1928.

.3f lt is the object of the present invention to provide a novel and improved handle construction in which a handle permanently attached to the vehicle may either be grasped directly by a child operating the lo vehicle for itself or may serve as an anchorage for a handle extension by means of which an adult may pull the vehicle without interfering with the serviceablity of the permanent handle as asupport for the child.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a toy vehicle embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a detail in plan of the extension handle, a portion of both handles being brole en away to expose the engagement of the connecting wire therewith.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout both views.

The provision of a cranked axle which is angularly adjustable to vary the height of the seat 16 together with the form of the reversible wheeled support for the front end of the seat comprise the subject matter of the parent application above identiiied and need not be further discussed here.

The support and back rest anchored beneath the seat and extending operatively thereabove involve novel structure which is separately claimed in the companion divisional application referred to above and need no elaborate description for the purposes of the present case.

The front post 17 is not dirigible in the particular vehicle illustrated although it may be made dirigible without affecting the application of this invention to the handle mounted thereon. This handle is in a position to be grasped by a child seated on the board 15 and in grasping said handle the child may assist its manipulation of the vehicle whether or not the front axle and the handle post 17 are dirigible.

In order to facilitate the handling' of the vehicle by a person or child not riding there- 50 in, I have provided apertures at 34 in the end of the handle lined toV the" front post 17. These apertures loosely receive the inwardly directed and aligned ends 36 of two` pieces. of heavy wire 37 and 38 which converge together from the ends of handle 25 to the point designated at 39 in Figure 2. From this point to thexpoint designated at 40 the wires are generally parallel but are'twisted about each other for one complete rotation. 'llience they diverge as at 41 and 42 topa relatively fixed vanchorage in the auxiliary handle member 43.

rlhe arrangement is such that the extremities 36 of the two. wires may readily be nianipulated,v due to the lieibility ofthe wires,

into and out of engagement in apertures 34 of the principal handle 25.v Then the wires are Vremoved from sockets 36 the vehicle is left unencumbered by the extension handle which is then wholly detached. Only a moment is required, however, to re-engage the ends of the wires 37 and 38 in the principal handle 25 to establish connection of the auX- iliary handle therewith. The twist in the wires and their relatively permanent connection within the secondary handle 43 serves to maintain the handle parts in operative relation when disengaged from the vehicle. It will be understood that when the extension handle is in use by an adult it will project forwardly from the vehicle in a direction opposite to that in which it is illustrated in Figure 1. The child may then grasp the permanent handle 25 without interference from the wires 37 and 38 of the extension.

I claim:

1. ln a device of the character described, the combination with a vehicle having a permanent handle mounted in position to be engaged by a person operating the vehicle while riding thereon and an extension handle detachably engaged with the permanent handle at the ends of its grip portion, whereby to be adapted to manipulate said vehicle without interfering with the use of the grip portion of the permanent handle.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a vehicle having a handle post and a handle 'grip thereon provided with sockets, said grip being permanently etu available to a person manipulating the ve- Y hicle while riding thereon, of an extension handle provided with means detachably engaged in said sockets.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a vehicle having a body and a front post extended thereabove and including an elevated handle provided with sockets, of an'extension handle comprisingk intertwined lengths of wire provided at one end with an auxiliary handle and provided at the other end with yieldable portions formed for releasable engagement in the sockv ets of the vehicle handle.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a vehicle having an axle, a. body, a central support for carrying said body from said axle, and a permanent handle projecting from said support whereby to facilitate manipulation of the vehicle, of a handle extension detachably connected directly with said permanent handle at ay point materially more remote from said axle than said body.

45. In a device of the character described, the combination with a vehicle having a central forward support and a permanent handle projecting upon each side from' said support and in a position to be engaged by a person operating the vehicle While riding thereon, of an extension handlek detachably yengaged Withvthe ends of said permanent handle. y

' ROMAN B. BUKOLT. 

